Guyana Response Manager
Location: Georgetown, Guyana
Join our dynamic Americas Regional Team as our Guyana Response Manager and be at the forefront of showcasing our capbility and enhancing our profile within the Equatorial Margin.
Purpose of the role:
Your career with OSRL will begin with helping us to establish our new base within Guyana and recruiting your new team!
You will act as OSRL’s Response Manager and will primarily be managing our base, maintaining our surface and subsea equipment to ensure we are ready to safely mobilise when the call comes in, as well as ensuring the training, development and competence of the local Response team.
You will also be the Company’s main representative in Guyana and play host to both current and potential members within the region, regulators and showcase our capability to enhance the Company’s profile in the Equatorial Margin.
Key responsibilities:
- Support the Americas Regional Manager to establish and develop the OSRL Guyana base and act as Base Manager
- Ensure all operational activities are carried out within statutory and company requirements and with due regard to the health and safety, security, environment and quality matters relating to staff, sub-contractors and others within whom we have dealings
- Be responsible for operational safety and readiness of the base, including, but not limited to:
- Generic, site specific and dynamic risk assessments of the base, OSRL related exercise and response activities
- COSHH assessments and review
- Operational work instructions / safe methods of work
- Employee welfare
- Co-ordinate the cost effective maintenance and/or repair of base infrastructure and equipment to ensure operational readiness
- Ensure response readiness of the systems, facilities, the designated equipment and other response resources, which includes ensuring the readiness of local sub-contractors
- Manage the team, contractors and the management of associated local partners for maintenance and mobilisation
- Host visits from current and potential members in the region, regulators or other stakeholders / interested parties
- Ensure the development, implementation and maintenance of the Oil Spill Response Integrated Management System in the facility including the maintenance of ISO 9001, ISO 1400 abd OHSA1800 accreditation.
- Be accountable for the execution of the Service Agreements with our members in the Equatorial Margin region.
Additional responsibilities:
- Manage the response process in the base during any exercises and actual activations, in coordination with the OSRL Duty Manager and Incident Manager
- Carry out periodic drills and exercises to demonstrate response readiness in coordination with the Duty Team
- Instigate and build strong working relationships with local and regional Shareholders, stakeholders and other potential customers
- Provide excellent customer service by handling enquiries effectively, responding promptly and following up rigorously
- Enhance the business profile of the company by marketing available services to prospective customers. Maximise the oppportunities to further develop the business
- Be responsible for devloping the annual budget and managing resources within agreed budgets.
- With support from the regional People Team ensure that all employee issues are dealt with in a timely manner in compliance with local legislation and Oil Spill policies and procedures
- In conjunction with the EOC and normal mobilisation procedures, act as a technical Advisor/Incountry Manager as required within Guyana
Requirements:
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- A tangible deaire to make a positive impact
- Clear aptitude for practical problem solving
- A positive 'can-do' attitude
- A willingness to be on-call and to be sent anywhere in the world
- Strong team-working and management skills
- A strong safety ethos
- Possess a full clean driving licence
- Live within one hour of our Guyana base or be prepared to relocate
- Proactive attitude and ability to undertake additional tasks and projects as assigned by management
- Have the right to live and work in Guyana
We offer a compeitive salary and benefits. Full details will be provided upon application.
If you're ready to take on this exciting challenge, to help shape the future of OSRL and further develop your career, please submit a detailed letter of application that demonstrates your suitability for the role, salary expectations as well as your CV using the link below.
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Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
People are the key to our sucess and we are committed to ensure a fair and equal working environment for all employees.
